Rising Stars public engagement training

Would you like to share your research more widely?

The Rising Stars course offers training in public engagement and educational outreach for postgraduates, post-docs and early career academics at the University of Cambridge.

The course takes participants through the steps involved in planning, organising and delivering an interactive public engagement activity. By ‘public engagement’ or ‘outreach’, we mean engaging ‘non-specialists’ with your academic discipline. This might include school pupils, older people’s groups, youth clubs and the general public (it does not include other academics). You might engage people through, for example, workshops, discussions, hands-on demonstrations or re-enactments. We are particularly keen for participants to offer unusual, engaging activities rather than straight-forward talks.

This multi-disciplinary course consists of six half-day sessions and involves participation in one of the University's Festivals. Attendance at all sessions is required. Completion of the course counts as transferrable skills training. There is no charge for participants.

Sessions cover:

Introduction to public engagement

Communication skills and creating engaging content

Creating innovative interactive and hands-on activities for public Festivals